Boiled water isplain, but it cures thirsty best.
白开水很平凡，但它却最解渴。

Anordinaryfriend would join in your party with a bottle of wine.
一个普通的朋友会带瓶葡萄酒参加你的派对。

Excellence is to do acommonthing in a uncommon way.
卓越就是把平凡的事做得不平凡。

He retired from the army withundistinguishedrecord of service.
他带着平凡的服役记录离开了军队。

He was an unambitious man destined for acommon placejob.
他是一个没有野心的人，注定要找一个平凡的工作。

That must be the story of many couples, and the pattern of life it offers has ahomelygrace1.
那想必是无数对夫妻的生活写照，这种生活模式给人一种平凡之美。

He's a humble, sensitive, thoroughly decent man going about his life in a completelyunremarkableway; yet who possesses a quite remarkable talent.
他是一个卑微、敏感，言行举止谦逊得体的男人，过着波澜不惊的平凡生活。而他的才干却是如此非凡。